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A Cessna 206 floatplane owned and piloted by Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff sits on the beach off Ismailof Island in Halibut  Cove on Sunday night.

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Alaska newspaper publisher survives floatplane crash

Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff survived a floatplane crash Sunday in Halibut Cove on the Kenai Peninsula.…

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Fairbanks dog musher museum faces closure due to low turnout

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks museum dedicated to Alaska’s state sport is struggling to attract visitors and might close…

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Kenai airport takes caution against drones

Three public areas near the Kenai Municipal airport have received new signage dealing with a new problem: remote-controlled…

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Car accident kills 2 in Petersburg; July 4th parade cancelled

PETERSBURG — Two people are dead and two others are injured after a car they were in turned…

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Troopers rescue man who wanted to build wilderness cabin

MCGRATH — An Alaska State Trooper in a floatplane rescued a 29-year-old New York City man who set…

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Aviation threat level bumped up for Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Volcano Observatory is again raising the threat level for a remote volcano near the…

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Police release surveillance images in tire-slashing case

ANCHORAGE — One month after the tires on 87 private airplanes were slashed at a small airport in…

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State loses another round in fight over tribal lands

WASHINGTON, DC — Alaska Native tribes can now petition the federal government to take their land into “trust,”…

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US rig count up 10 this week to 431

HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 10…

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Bethel High School gets $7 million for cafeteria

BETHEL — Bethel Region High School will receive $7 million in state funding for a new kitchen and…

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Using a crane from Peak Oilfield Services, volunteers for the Kenai Historical Society help place a wooden fishing boat, built in 1929, on struts in front of the Kenai Visitors Center on Wed. June 19, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska.  The boat, donated by Dave and Linda Hutchings, will be kept there as a historical exhibit.

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Old boat finds new berth in Kenai

KENAI — After almost 90 years in the current, an old fishing boat has come to rest in…

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Bicyclist hit, killed on Sterling Highway

KENAI — A 50-year-old Soldotna bicyclist was struck and killed on Sterling Highway by a Ford F350 commercial…

Walker says no picnics in 2016

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Walker says no picnics in 2016

Gov. Bill Walker hates to be a party pooper, but he says Alaska can’t afford otherwise. In a…

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Anchorage’s aims to be more innovative with new hire

ANCHORAGE — The city of Anchorage is investing in a new approach to technology in an effort to…

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Ketchikan dock repairs complete after cruise ship crash

KETCHIKAN — Repairs to a Ketchikan dock that was damaged in early June by a cruise ship have…

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Driver dies, passenger injured in Ketchikan traffic crash

KETCHIKAN — A Ketchikan woman died Wednesday night in a one-car crash on the south Tongass Highway. Alaska…

Benjamin Wilkins is arraigned at the Anchorage Jail on Wednesday for 13 counts including first-degree murder. Wilkins stands accused of killing of 30-year-old Jacqueline Goodwin, whose body was found in his car when he crashed into an East Anchorage light pole late Monday.

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Woman found dead in crashed car had been shot, beaten

ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man brutally beat, shot and killed a woman at his home, then loaded her…

Sen. Anna MacKinnon, Senate Resources Chair Cathy Giessel and House Resources Co-Chair Ben Nageak faced new Alaska Gasline Development Corp. CEO Keith Meyer at a joint committee hearing on the Alaska LNG Project June 29 in Anchorage.

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New AGDC president grilled by resource committees

The Alaska Liquefied Natural Gasline Project is at an unexpected crossroads. Consensus among state’s producer partners to continue…

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Walker limits PFD checks to $1,000

ANCHORAGE — Facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, Alaska’s governor on Wednesday cut in half the annual checks that give…

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Air, ground search continues for hiker missing near Nome

ANCHORAGE — Emergency responders in Nome are intensifying the search for a missing hiker. Alaska State Troopers were…